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ELIsHA Mers AND WILLIAM B. GEDDES,oEnoc'HEsTnn, 4NEW YORK Letters Patent No. 109,538, dated Novenlber 22, 1870.

IMPRQVEMENT IN BEDSTEAD-FASTENINGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makjngpart of the same.

4Il'o all u-lwm it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELIsHA Mers and WlLLLur B. `GrEDD1-3s,'of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vBedsteznl-Joints; and do hereby declare that the follow-ing is n fuii, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to thc accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The'nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bedsteznl-joint, as will he hereinafter 'fully set forth. v Y

1n order to enable others Skilled inA the art to which our invention appertains to make and uso the same, \,ve

willV now proccedto'describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure lis a side view of the joint, a portion of the wood being broken away/to show its operation; and

Figure 2 is an enlarged side .view of the screw alone.

passed a screw, O,k the inner end of said screw being provided with a collar, a., which prevents it from belh'e inner end of the screw C, beyond the collar a,

.has a'square port-ion, b, and round portion, ll, around A represents a portion ot' the side of a. Yhedstead,

which isa recess in the side A, and a wrench-lever, D,

is fitted over this end of the screw, by means fwhch the screw is turned. j

The outer end of -the screw' O' is provided with ,a deep spiral groove, c, which forms the. serew'partsof our device. Y

rl`his end is insertedkin a -hole in( the post B, iu which hole is a pin, h., a`nd whenthe screw is non turned by means of the ivrenehdever D, the screwgroove e catches on the pin'h- 'and joins the side and post irmly together'.

There are also wooden pins, as shown in dotted lines in iig. 1, projecting from the side A into holes on the post B, to prevent the side from turnino.

llavng thus fully described our invention, v

What we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isg y y The screw C, constructed as described, andused in combination with the Wrench-lever D and piu 71, su'bstantiaily as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing', we have hereunto set our hands and seals this lgrl 'day of Angnst, 1870..

ELISH METS. t [11. s.]" WILLIAM B. GEDDES. L. s]

\\'itnesses: l

GEO. T. PARKER, DANIEL L. JOHNSTON.' 

